of the city must be replaced. the tunnel is opening 1873 and it is antiquated design limits train speeds to 3 miles an hour. we can do better, we must do better, this is the united states of america. in an effort to begin the long process that will be required to eliminate this bottleneck i support inclusion of a provision in the 2008 real-estate legislation, directing the railroad administration to work with amtrak to service station, the city of baltimore and the state of maryland and operators since improvement of our rail tunnel alignment through baltimore that will increase train speeds and service reliability. .. >> we'll welcome our colleague, the honorable carolyn maloney, who represents new york, and we'll recognize her for a statement. thank you, and you're welcome. >> thank you so much, chairman mica, and my good friend and colleague, corrine brown and the members of the committee on transportation and infrastructure for inviting me to speak at this hearing. i am truly honored to be here at the chairman